WXTJ-LP is a Freeform formatted

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licensed to and serving

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, owned and operated by the

University of Virginia The University of Virginia (UVA) is a public research university in Charlottesville, Virginia. Founded in 1819 by Thomas Jefferson, the university is ranked among the top academic institutions in the United States, with highly selective ad ...

. WXTJ-LP was founded by the staff of

WTJU WTJU is a Variety formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Charlottesville, Virginia, serving Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia. WTJU is owned and operated by University of Virginia. History WTJU was founded in 1955 when U. ...

(91.1 FM) in 2013 as a response to low and declining student involvement at the University of Virginia's long-established

college radio Campus radio (also known as college radio, university radio or student radio) is a type of radio station that is run by the students of a college, university or other educational institution. Programming may be exclusively created or produced ...

station. WXTJ is now entirely administered and programmed by students, with WTJU's staff providing only studio space and technical support. The station first went live on the Internet in the fall of 2013 under the fictitious callsign WTJX. A planned

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AM transmitter on 1620 kHz while the station raised money for an FM signal was publicized, but never materialized. WXTJ gained its current callsign as a side effect of applying for an

LPFM Low-power broadcasting is broadcasting by a broadcast station at a low transmitter power output to a smaller service area than "full power" stations within the same region. It is often distinguished from "micropower broadcasting" (more commonly ...

license in 2015. Although the suffixed callsign WTJX-LP is not in use, FCC rules require approval if any station is already using the base callsign – in this case,

WTJX-TV WTJX-TV, virtual channel 12 (UHF digital channel 36), is a Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) member television station serving the United States Virgin Islands that is licensed to Charlotte Amalie, Saint Thomas. Owned by the Virgin Islands Publi ...

of Charlotte Amalie, U.S. Virgin Islands, who expressed their opposition.

References

External links

WXTJ Online
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"Radio Station Visit #129 – WTJU at University of Virginia"
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